Roselle Estate

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The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1743 [EA] - 1743 [LA] → Owner
1772 [EA] - 1772 [LA] → Joint owner
1772 [EA] - 1779 [LA] → Joint owner
1773 [EA] - 1804 [LA] → Joint owner
1801 [EA] - 1839 [LA] → Joint owner
1810 [EA] - 1839 [LA] → Joint owner
1817 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Attorney
1826 [EA] - → Attorney
1829 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Attorney

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£3,591 8S 8D

Estate Information (35)

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1743
[Name] Rozell  
[Crop] sugar, rum and livestock  
 

Accounts filed from 20th June - 31st Dec. Estate of Robert Hamilton who went off for England since the 20th June 1743. Account filed by Peter Barclay as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/2 90
1772
[Name] Rozell  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to Charles Ferguson and Major William Hunter Esq. Account filed by Alexander Graeme as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 6
1773
[Name] Rozell  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to Sir Adam Ferguson Brt. and Major William Hunter Esq. Account filed by Alexander Graeme as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 195
1774
[Name] Rozell  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to Sir Adam Ferguson Brt. and Major William Hunter Esq. Account filed by Alexander Graeme as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 228
1775
[Name] Rozell  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

The property of Adam FergusonBart. and Major William Hunter Esq. Account filed by Alexander Graeme as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/8 41
1779
[Name] Rozell  
[Crop] sugar, rum and cattle  
 

The property of Sir Adam Ferguson Bart. and Colonel William Hunter. Account filed by Andrew Murdock as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/9 167-8
1787
[Name] Rozelle Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Account filed by Patrick Ballantine.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/13 108
1798
[Name] Rozelle  
[Crop] Sugar  
 

Plotted in St Thomas-in-the-East as a sugar estate with a cattle mill in James Robertson's 1804 map of Jamaica.

 
To the King's most excellent Majesty, this map of the island of Jamaica, constructed from actual surveys. . . (London, J. Robertson, 1804), based on Robertson's survey of the county of Surrey which he compeleted in 1798.
1799
[Name] Rozelle Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, logwood, some cattle, hire of enslaved people  
 

Account filed by George Hamilton for the year ending 31/12/1799

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/26 137-138
1800
[Name] Rosele Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, molasses, cotton, ginger, coffee, cocoa and pimento  
 

In the possession of Alexander McDonald. Account filed by Alexander McDonald. Accounts filed for 1799-1800.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/28 79-80
1801
[Name] Roselle Estate  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

The property of Sir Adam Ferguson and Sir David Hunter Blair Barts. Account filed by Alexander McDonald.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/29 55
1803
[Name] Roselle Estate  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to Sir Adam Ferguson and Sir David Hunter Blair, baronets. Account filed by John Ferguson (status not given).

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archvies 1B/11/4/32 4
1804
[Name] Roselle Estate  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to Adam Ferguson and Sir David Hunter Blair, Barr, Account filed in the name of John Ferguson (status not given).

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archvies 1B/11/4/32 179
1810
[Number of enslaved people] 166(Tot)  
[Name] Rozelle  
[Stock] 180  
 

Registered to Sir. A. Fergusson and Sir D. H. Blair.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1811) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL11STIE.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for 1810.
1811
[Number of enslaved people] 150(Tot)  
[Name] Roselle  
[Stock] 94  
 

Registered to Sir A. Fergusson and al.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1812) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1812por.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1811.
1815
[Number of enslaved people] 173(Tot)  
[Name] Roselle  
[Stock] 185  
 

Registered to Fergusson & Blair.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1816) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL15stie.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1815.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 163(Tot)  
[Name] Roselle  
[Stock] 101  
 

Registered to Fergusson & Blair.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al09.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1817.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 159(Tot) 78(F) 81(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of George McKay as attorney to Sir James Ferguson and Sir David Hunter Blair.

 
T71/145 237-241
1819
[Number of enslaved people] 158(Tot)  
[Name] Roselle  
[Stock] 100  
 

Registered to Fergusson and Blair.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p10.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1819.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 151(Tot)  
[Name] Roselle  
[Stock] 13  
 

Registered to Fergusson and Blair.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1821) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al1821_07.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1820.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 154(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of George McKay as attorney for Sir James Fergusson and Sir David Hunter Blair.

 
T71/146 120-121
1821
[Number of enslaved people] 154(Tot)  
[Name] Roselle  
[Stock] 195  
 

Registered to Fergusson and Blair.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1822) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al22p10.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1821.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 156(Tot)  
[Name] Roselle  
[Stock] 167  
 

Registered to Fergusson and Blair.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1824) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL24stie.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1823.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 156(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of George Mackay as attorney for Sir James Ferguson and Sir David Hunter Blair.

 
T71/147 108-109
1825
[Number of enslaved people] 156(Tot)  
[Name] Roselle  
[Stock] 154  
 

Registered to Fergusson and Blair.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1826) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1826al12.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1825.
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 149(Tot)  
[Name] Roselle  
[Stock] 180  
 

Registered to Fergusson and Blair.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1827) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1827al06.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1826.
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 150(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of William Spittal Esq as attorney of Sir James Fergusson and Sir David Hunter Blair Barts.

 
T71/148 99-100
1827
[Number of enslaved people] 148(Tot)  
[Name] Roselle  
[Stock] 101  
 

Registered to Fergusson and Blair.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1828) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1828al11.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1827.
1828
[Number of enslaved people] 145(Tot)  
[Name] Roselle  
[Stock] 107  
 

Registered to Fergusson and Blair.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1829) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al29stie.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1828.
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 142(Tot) 75(F) 67(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Hon. James Matthew Whyte as attorney to Sir James Fergusson and Sir David Hunter Blair Baronets.

 
T71/149 [unpaginated]
1830
[Number of enslaved people] 226(Tot)  
[Name] Roselle  
[Stock] 110  
 

Registered to Fergusson and Blair.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1831) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1831stie.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1830
1831
[Number of enslaved people] 222(Tot)  
[Name] Roselle  
[Stock] 107  
 

Registered to Fergusson and Blair.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1832) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al32stie.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1831.
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 207(Tot)  
[Name] Roselle  
[Stock] 110  
 

Registered to Fergusson and Blair.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1833) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL33STIE.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1832.
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 203(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of James Matthew Whyte as attorney of Sir James Fergusson and Sir David Hunter Blair, Barts.

 
T71/150 166
1839
[Name] [no name given]  
[Size] 1469  
 

Registered to Fergusson and Blair.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1840) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples/AL40Thoseast.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1839.